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Best 'man or woman' should chair EU commission, says UK

British EU affairs minister David Lidington said that EU leaders should select the "best man or woman for the job" as head of the EU commission. "There is no treaty requirement to limit the choice to a certain group of people," he said when asked about the top candidates.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.